Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid 652
Ponca City, We love you writes "The Telegraph reports that men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive. This leads to speculation that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks. Psychologists at Radboud University in The Netherlands carried out the study after one of them was so struck on impressing an attractive woman he had never met before, that he could not remember his address when she asked him where he lived. Researchers recruited 40 male heterosexual students and had each one perform a standard memory test. The volunteers then spent seven minutes chatting to male or female members of the research team before repeating the test. The results showed that men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score."
Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
The blood rushes from one head to the other head.
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Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Interesting)
Well, yes, the blood moves. It's also often about a massive chemical reaction in your brain. I have a semi-rare condition where pheromones are very obvious to me. Some girls actually can make my head hurt, though I haven't had such reactions since I turned about 40.
Being able to sense the drug incoming, I was able to examine my reaction over the years. My heart raced, my chest tightened, and I longed for whichever girl I saw next. Often, I'd get hit with it from behind, before I saw any girl. I would be incapable of thinking of anything else but the girl who brought this to me. It takes a while for that to wash out of your system. A few hours later, I'd often think, "What the hell was I so enraptured about? She's nothing special."
Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
I have a semi-rare condition where pheromones are very obvious to me.
I have a semi-rare medical condition that makes my head hurt when I smell bullsh*t.
Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
Don't become a farmer.
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Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Interesting)
THOMAS (The Human Oxytocin-Mediated Attachment System) How to run a con [psychologytoday.com]
Schneir on Oxytocin [schneier.com]
Oxytocin [psychologytoday.com].
Now, you know that whole "chemistry" thing, where some people strike you as attractive and some just... don't? That's in part determined by the differences between your immune systems.
That works because if the genes that code for your major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are similar to the other person's, you'll tend to find them less attractive than otherwise, and vice-versa. Why mate with someone who's immune to the same stuff you are? Your offspring won't have any survival advantage. Instead, evolution has selected for creatures that mate with partners whose immune systems are incompatible. Either because both parents tend to be unlikely to be sick at the same time, ensuring the presence of at least one caregiver. Or because some the offspring of such pairings get a mix of genes that features the the best bits of both parents. (Offspring that get the worst of both parents tend not to survive, but that's a problem for individuals, not the species.)
Love is just a chemical reaction in your brain, anyway. It's not magical, or sacred, or even very special. It's your brain recognizing the opportunity to mate with someone who matches your particular template for an ideal partner (usually based on early experiences, parents, and other external factors), and shooting you up with natural drugs to make you feel like it's way more than it really is.
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Re:Easier explanation (Score:4, Insightful)
Are you joking? You don't find that process incredible? What's a good piece of music? Just waves transmitted through the air? What's the DNA? Just arrangements of atoms? The Princess Bride? Just a sequence of words? Or perhaps I should ask you whether a wood is just a bunch of trees. You seriously need to re-consider what the word "just" means.
I'd ask you what your criteria for judging something's value is as "natural drugs to make you feel like it's way more than it is" implies how you feel about something is not a valid method of assessing how important something is to you. Except that the natural alternative criteria is intellectual analysis and I don't think you've intellectually considered the perpetuation of the species via the incredibly complex yet elegant combination and multiplication of the DNA of separate organisms into new growing and developing organisms if you dismiss it as 'nothing very special'.
And incidentally, you're not talking about "love". Your example actually defines "lust".
You should think more about what you're describing. The whole process ROCKS!
Regards,
H.
Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
They're called spouses.
Re:Easier explanation (Score:4, Funny)
No, they're called Ex Wives.
Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
As Robin Williams put it, "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."
-Peter
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-Peter
Heh. Heh heh. He said "peter". Uh huhuhuhuh.
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And yet the word "penis" slid right by you.
Penis. Slid. Tee-he!
-Peter
Re:Easier explanation (Score:5, Funny)
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Am I the only one that read that last word as if it changed the "nd" to "ck"? And then mentally responded, "of course it does" ?
Re:I have found it works both ways (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Easier explanation (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Works on Women Too! (Score:5, Funny)
thats due to the alcohol content required to get her into your car
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Adam: God, this garden is nice and all, but I'm lonely and vaguely...unsatisfied. Plus I have to do all of the cooking and cleaning.
God: Well, I can provide a companion, who will satisfy your all of your needs whenever you ask. She will cook, clean, satisfy you, do anything you want whenever you want.
Adam: Sounds great! But what will it cost me?
God: One arm and one leg.
Adam: Hmmm, that's pretty expensive. What can I get for, say, one rib?
Again - people were paid to study this? (Score:2)
I could have told you that.
It's embarrassing is what it is, to be turned into a drooling moron and then realise later just how stupid you sounded.
The singular of data (Score:5, Insightful)
I could have told you that.
It's embarrassing is what it is, to be turned into a drooling moron and then realise later just how stupid you sounded.
Anecdote is not, nor ever will be, the singular of "data". Sure, everyone may know this. Sure, the outcome may seem obvious to everyone. However, it is not empirical fact until it is studied and established as such. How many common sense "truths" have turned out to be not so true when properly analyzed over the history of human scientific endeavor? In the case of this study, anecdote and assumption about human behavior has now become data, and can be used as such in psychology and sociology to continue to study and describe how and why we are the way we are.
Now that we have established the phenomenon (doot dooo do-do-doot) as data, perhaps we can look into the actual physiological mechanisms which control it.
I would think that above all else, the type of people who read a "news for nerds" site would appreciate research for research sake. :-/
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Re:The singular of data (Score:5, Insightful)
Evolution, my friend. If a reproductively desirable female doesn't arouse you, your
genes have come to the end of their otherwise long and successful run.
I think you misunderstand what I meant by "physiological mechanisms". Just saying "evolution, my friend" does not explain anything about what is happening in the brain and body at the cellular and molecular level. Yes, we know that females arouse us. This study suggests data that brain processing for other things is inhibited. Now, what I am curious about at least, it would be interesting to know how and where (in the brain) and by what physiological mechanisms the processing is being shunted.
There is more to understanding biology than just saying, "Oh that's naturally evolved behavior." Some of us want to know exactly what has evolved and been selected for at the cellular and subcellular level.
So obvious it MUST be true :-/ (Score:5, Insightful)
Durrr... sorry to double comment on the same post, but I wanted to address this.
Some things count as so obvious as to not require scientific inquiry. Hot women give get males wood. You don't need
to publish this to claim it, end of story.
Yes, and for centuries it was so obvious that no scientific scrutiny was required that the sun went around the earth, not the other way around. It was also completely obvious that a heavier object would fall faster than a lighter object. It was also obvious that things would get cold because the cold of the surroundings would flow into them. It was also so obvious that time passes at a constant rate, regardless of our perceptions and reference frames. It was also so obvious that humans are the only organisms to experience emotion and pain.
Obviously there are a great many things that are so obvious as to not require scientific inquiry.
Point being, a great many things are so obvious. A great many of those obvious things also turn out to be correct in light of empirical data. However, we are not allowed to treat those scientifically and draw scientific conclusions from them until they are established as empirical data. This is one of the fundamental requirements for science, and I would think people on a "news for nerds" site would get that. Taking the obvious for granted as true is exactly the kind of mentality that brings about pseudoscience. Science requires empiricism, even for the bleedingly obvious.
Re:Again - people were paid to study this? (Score:5, Insightful)
I used to get tongue-tied thinking I was unworthy of this gorgeous woman & becoming nervous & basically being an idiot. But now with advancing age I realize Beauty is only transitory. Today's "hottie" will probably be a "fatty" by the time she's 30 or 40 (see Pierce Brosnan's wife as an excellent example).*
In other words, they all get ugly eventually, just like me. So that gives me confidence.
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* http://www.beforeandaftermarriage.com/celebrity/fat-keely-shaye-smith [beforeanda...rriage.com]
Re:Again - people were paid to study this? (Score:4, Insightful)
This viewpoint is shortsighted to the max. Yes, many women who "had it" in their younger years fail to uphold their appearance and lose that edge. So do men; in fact, they usually lose it faster. (Yeah...ever notice those 20-something guys that bulk up for the chicks? Those guys are usually fat and balding in their 30s.)
On the other hand, I've seen some people in their 30s or approaching 40s that look frozen at 25. Most of those folks are very attractive, but the dfference between them and their peers is that they knew that their bodies were something that needs maintenance to keep looking and working good.
And maintenance doesn't mean a small pizza pie at 8pm, followed by beer and TV. (That seems to be commonplace in my "college" town...which is really an extension of NYC.)
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yes and no. it isn't just the maintenance, but it is also a random selection of genes too. Some people age gracefully, as they don't push them selves to hard. Those who party hard every night while in their 20's age faster than those who party occasionally, don't over work themselves, and relax.
It is stress. too much of anything is bad, even parties. So relax, take a weekend and don't party. By the time your thirty your body will be in better shape than those who either work themselves to death, or part
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I reviewed your google link, and it appears that it's just ONE study that showed these unusual results.
That's not enough to throw-out the literally millions of other studies which show being overweight is bad. QUOTE: "It's just rubbish," said Walter Willett, the professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. "It's just ludicrous to say there is no increased risk of mortality from being overweight." Such slightly-overweight patients may simply have deeper bodily reserves t
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I deeply apologize, but I have to be honest. I'd rather do one of those "Real Dolls" than do Pierce Brosnan's morbidly-obese wife - and while this is a free country, and if you want to commit suicide that's your choice, there is absolutely no way you can justify any of these as an "intelligent" choice. HERE'S THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH:
- Smoking is bad and destroys the lungs, causes high blood pressure, and premature skin aging
- Drinking is bad and destroys the liver, the kidney, causes high blood pressure, an
But it goes both ways (Score:3, Interesting)
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Any male, twenty or over and somewhat attractive, who has ever had to spend time around high school girls can tell you that they get just as stupid around guys they think are hot.
uh... thing is, with girls, it's often an act. Women are much better at deception than men, and they're smart enough to know that stupidity is a turn on for guys... so their feigned stupidity fuels our stupidity, which lets them know it's working, and they can be even bolder in their feigned stupidity... it's a vicious feedback loop when it works right.
We'd be wise to consider the words of the great philosopher Steven Wright, who said, "I never really believe what women tell me."
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4.8 Hours a day, every day, week in/week out, for years ? I feel so inadequate
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The researchers forgot one simple fact: Women always do the choosing. Which is why men say thy got lucky. They got lucky since they were picked.
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Indeed. Women put unreasonable demands on men. News at 11.
Re:Again - people were paid to study this? (Score:4, Insightful)
Too bad I don't have any mod points. For a totally off comment and asshole statement like yours, a negative moderation is most definitely called for.
This is just the male BIOS (Score:5, Funny)
I BSOD all time, where BSOD is Blank Stare Of Desire.
And yes, I need a reboot to come back
Re:This is just the male BIOS (Score:5, Funny)
For everyone's sake, please do your "rebooting" in private.
Irresponsible Journalism (Score:5, Funny)
This story is worthless without pics!!!
Re:Irresponsible Journalism (Score:5, Funny)
This story is worthless without pics!!!
Well, the submitter had pics, but then he looked at them, got stupid, and forgot to include them.
Abusive behavior caused confusion. (Score:5, Insightful)
Another story: Men were given a huge meal of food they love. After eating, they did less well on tests.
Even more: Men were subjected to adversarial behavior from women who were being seductive, but had no interest in the men. The men responded with confusion, and later did less well on tests.
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Attractive women? (Score:5, Funny)
What is this "attractive woman" device you speak of?
Re:Attractive women? (Score:5, Funny)
I'll explain it to you right after I finish imagining a Beowulf cluster of them...
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Kind of like female Night Elves...just real life.
Temporarily? (Score:3, Insightful)
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Hmmm, you bring up an interesting point and it would be great if you could elaborate on it.
I disagree with you, you can see my point of view here: Simple relationship mathematics [railean.net].
What are the alternatives then? Enter an eternal state of depression and never recover? Turn into an outcast and never interact with women again? What if your spouse dies - will you be alone for the rest of your life to prove that it was true love?
I don't think that the "degree of recoverability" is a good metric for the "quality o
Why after? (Score:4, Interesting)
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"Women, however, were not affected by chatting to a handsome man."
That's because they couldn't see their wallets.
Trying to impress? (Score:5, Insightful)
From TFSummary:
How about the even more simple explanation of just being distracted by the beautiful woman and imagining her naked with her legs wrapped around you is taking up all of your resources? "Trying to impress" doesn't need to come into it at all (and likely doesn't because usually having your mind so completely occupied that you become a dumbass doesn't really impress people), and seems like a stretch of a conclusion to come up with. Far more likely that thought of sex have simply completely taken over the brain and body, as they so often do..
Like the old joke says, men have a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to operate one at a time. ;)
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Re:Trying to impress? (Score:5, Insightful)
You're both missing the point. Of course they dress that way to attract attention, it's just that the attention they want isn't from YOU. If you watch the whole girl-drama thing in it's entirely you'd see something like this:
awkwardNerd: Hi really-hot-chick, how are you today?
really-hot-chick: Oh my GOD! Are you looking at my chest? You pervert! My eyes are up here!
awkwardNerd: I...um, no, I....gah. (awkwardNerd retreats against the onslaught of really-hot-chick's righteous fury)
22 seconds later:
muscle-guy-fratboy: Hey really-hot-chick, look at you! Niiiiiiiiiice!
really-hot-chick: awwe, muscle-guy-fratboy, you big jerk (said with a smile and a forward-lean exposing even more cleavage)
They want to be noticed, they're just not always happy with who notices them.....
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Well, I guess that would be the problem then. Perhaps if the men actually concentrated on having a conversation with the lady instead of trying to imagine them naked, then they would actual increase their chances of seeing her naked. I mean, come on, there is plenty of opportunity for imagining her naked later when she's not
Never make a pretty woman your wife (Score:5, Funny)
Theres a song, by the Skatellites.
Obviously this now has a scientific basis:
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall.
As soon as he marries her
Then she starts to do
The things that will break his heart.
But if you make an ugly woman your wife,
You'll be happy for the rest of your life,
An ugly woman cooks her meals on time,
She'll always give you peace of mind.
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
Don't let your friends say
You have no taste,
Go ahead and marry anyway,
Though her face is ugly,
Her eyes don't match,
Take it from me she's a better catch.
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
Say man.
Hey baby.
Saw your wife the other day.
Yeah?
Yeah, she's ugly.
Yeah, she's ugly but she sure can cook.
Yeah?. Okay.
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
Re:Never make a pretty woman your wife (Score:5, Funny)
For your sake, I hope your wife does not have mod points. Actually either way you are sleeping on the couch
Re:Never make a pretty woman your wife (Score:5, Informative)
The song is called, "If You Wanna Be Happy" and is originally by Jimmy Soul, released 1963. Not by the band you mentioned. As a music lover, I must give credit where credit is due.
Re:Never make a pretty woman your wife (Score:5, Funny)
Mod this guy informative, and then get way the hell offa his lawn...
Re:Never make a pretty woman your wife (Score:4, Funny)
Unlike the RIAA.
I dunno if you can download (Score:3, Funny)
Scientifically meaningless? (Score:3, Insightful)
Researchers recruited 40 male heterosexual students and had each one perform a standard memory test.
I have to wonder why the researchers didn't expand this theory to include homosexuals, bisexuals, or asexuals -- before publishing results claiming every man out there can be rendered temporarily stupid by an attractive woman. I smell a rat -- had they done this and the results turned out differently, they'd have to explain why this effect only happens to heterosexual men, or they'd have evidence of a neurological basis for attraction that isn't tied to gender. Neither conclusion would make them popular with the people funding the study. I don't know what this is, but it isn't science -- at least not the kind I grew up with.
Re:Scientifically meaningless? (Score:5, Insightful)
It's perfectly valid if they don't claim it generalizes past the confines of the experiment. Of course the /. headline is then inaccurate, but it's not like that doesn't happen anyway. The problem is that there are thousands of variables that can affect an experiment, and you can't test them all in one go. What about testosterone level? Time since last having sex? Relationship status? Heterosexuals account for roughly 90% of the population, which makes them a reasonable group of test subjects for an experiment.
That said, I'd be extremely interested to see a similar study that takes sexual preference into account. Even more interesting would be to study transsexuals whose mind and body disagree on sex; as you might find that straight FTMs exhibit the same behavior as the heterosexual males, despite having female bodies themselves.
Playing devils advocate (here agreeing with you I guess), don't forget that not everyone can be cleanly lumped into those four bins of preference, you insensitive clod!;)
Re:Scientifically meaningless? (Score:4, Informative)
Two trans-related anecdotes (Score:4, Interesting)
First, kudos for your good job on the terminology. Meanwhile, I know, I know, anecdote != data, but thought two things might be relevant.
First, the This American Life episode Testosterone [thisamericanlife.org]. Act Two is about an FTM man, who talks about his experiences on testosterone and how it's changed his views on behavior. Specifically, he describes how difficult he's found it to not ogle women even though he knows how inappropriate and potentially hurtful it can be. Obviously, it's only one trans man, so it's not exactly a scientific study. Likewise, I've heard from some trans men I know that their experiences don't match the This American Life story and they're not thrilled with it being mentioned as a representative experience. (As, I guess, I'm doing right now. Whoops.)
Second, as a trans woman who is attracted to women, I've had an interesting experience with perceiving other women since I've gone on hormones. (Right now there are a number of /.ers wondering whether they're supposed to be fantasizing about some hot lesbian action or disgusted because one of the women still has a penis...)
I've heard estrogen described as something which lowers filters, and I think that's a pretty accurate way of putting it. My emotions have been cranked up a notch since going on estrogen. Now, the expected/obvious part of that has been that I cry easier, but the opposite is true as well - I laugh easier. Relate that to sex and sexuality, and I've definitely felt like I've had just as much trouble keeping eye contact now as when I was flooded with testosterone when I was in my early teens.
I'd be curious as well to see a more broad study comparing responses of different populations: every combination of transsexual and cissexual (that is, not transsexual), straight, bi, and gay. Does a hormonally-female transsexual such as my self have different responses than a cissexual lesbian? Or a straight woman? Or a transsexual man? How do gender identity and sexuality (no to mention hormones) change the effects of focusing on a desirable sex partner?
-Trillian
Gender segregation in school. (Score:5, Insightful)
Now there is a concrete argument for gender segregation of boys and girls in school.... I wonder how women react around rich men?
Re:Gender segregation in school. (Score:5, Funny)
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Now there is a concrete argument for gender segregation of boys and girls in school
No there isn't. You might as well say "Now there is a concrete argument for burkas in public"
And married men.... (Score:3, Funny)
How would you function talking to one of these? (Score:3, Informative)
100 Awesome Pics of 100 Awesome Women - 100 HQ http://forums.superiorpics.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2163570#Post2163570 [superiorpics.com]
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That's weird. I thought I had something clever to say, but now I can't remember what it was.
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It's just you. The thing to consider is that just about every one of those women has an ex-husband.
Besides, I like dogs and poodles have more personality than the average celebrity, you insensitive clod!
Misinterpreted (Score:3, Funny)
Psychologists at Radboud University in The Netherlands carried out the study after one of them was so struck on impressing an attractive woman he had never met before, that he could not remember his address when she asked him where he lived.
Its not that he forgot. He was trying to figure out a way to say, "In my mom's basement" and still seem cool.
What do you mean "temporary"? (Score:5, Funny)
Crimeny, women have made me stupid for decades. When does it get better?
Paradox (Score:3, Funny)
Why the average Slashdotter is so smart (Score:5, Insightful)
This explains why the average Slashdotter is so smart. They found the best solution to this problem: stay away from women, however beautiful they may be, altogether!
The next time someone gives you crap for living in voluntary solitary confinement in your mom's basement, at least you'll know you're making the smart choice.
Dual core (Score:5, Funny)
One time, a group of us guys were at the grocery store buying some beer. I was having a conversation with one of my friends at the checkout counter as I saw a really, really, hot girl. My eyes were attached to her and couldn't let go. I was able to keep up with the conversation despite not looking at my friend.
He then asked "Are you really paying attention or are you just looking at that hot chick?"
I replied, "No, I'm paying attention. I'm like a dual-core processor. One is for our conversation and the other is right now on the girl"
Then my other friend said, "I am dual-core as well. But both cores are hung on that girl. "
Selecting for stupidity. (Score:5, Interesting)
stupid*er* (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe beautiful women just make the stupid psychological tests seem less important by comparison.
More info for these researchers (Score:5, Funny)
Hey guys,
You might want to study whether the sun is bright or if the sky is blue.
FWIW I'm not sure that it's always "if you're trying to impress them" or even due to sexual urges - I know there have been times when I've been introduced to some exceptionally attractive woman, and it's like my mind has just shut off (and no, I don't mean that something else has switched on!). It's as if she has this thought dampening field and I'm stuck in it, just based on proximity and the fact that she's paying some level of attention to me.
But of course that's never happened since I've been married, because I don't even notice other women... right honey?
It Cuts Both Ways (Score:5, Funny)
I always wondered why I meet so many stupid men (Score:5, Insightful)
Just wait a few (dozen?) year (Score:3, Insightful)
Stay smart (Score:4, Interesting)
Guys who are able to maintain their cool and not lose themselves when around hot girls are the ones that can actually land them. If you can figure out how to do this you put yourself on top and demonstrate to women that you are something special, selecting yourself out from the crowd. I highly recommend it.
Stupifyin Jones (Score:3, Interesting)
See Stupifyin' Jones [youtube.com].
Well, duh!!! (Score:3)
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Smarter no, just having an iphone should negate the effect of that app.
What I need to do is look richer, remeber that old bald guy + late model Beemer = attractive lady in passenger side seat.
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Localisations, here in AU they are all called Beamers or Beemers as no-one owns a BMW motorcycle here.
Nothing against Beemer bikes mind you, they are just too expensive compared to American and Japanese cycles.
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Re:There got to be an App for that... (Score:5, Interesting)
There was a cool Enfield trick that we learned last time we were in India; if you can't start your bike on a cold dewy morning, just take out the spark plug, pour a little bit of petrol into the chamber, put spark plug back in, and bang, it starts first kick
The guy who taught it to us used the same trick in the Israeli Defence Force to start tanks in the desert.
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Here's another trick that's a little weirder. When you're adjusting the mixture, instead of trying to listen to the engine RPM, look at the exhaust. More to the point, look at the shadow of the exhaust in bright sunlight. It's way, *way* more sensitive. Adjust it until you can't see opacity -- you can barely see the exhaust's shadow, at which point you're a littl
Re:There got to be an App for that... (Score:5, Funny)
A lot less than for an app which makes me look like Brad Pitt in front of attractive women. Got one of those?
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Yes, but you could argue that he's pretty stupid too. After all, remember that he called his daughter Shiloh.
Shiloh Pitt. Well, hello? (headsmack)
Re:There got to be an App for that... (Score:4, Funny)
There got be an iPhone app for that! Wait, actually I had started to spec one...
That is a tremendously appropriate response for a geek. But as a rule, we must observe genuine girl-people in the wild if we are to trust our data. They're similar to people, but they're generally softer, shaped differently and their heads are rather oddly wired. Image resolution is actually much better with a non virtual contact.
(Please, oh FSM, please do not let this fall into the hands of my wife and daughters...)
Re:Can I just add something here? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ironically (Score:4, Funny)
It was pointed out to me, that most women are smarter than their spouses. This study just proves that long lasting affect is normal.
The person that pointed this out to me is my wife. 10+ points higher than me.